diff --git a/docs/tech-specs/extraction-flows.md b/docs/tech-specs/extraction-flows.md
index c86d8788..aee700c3 100644
--- a/docs/tech-specs/extraction-flows.md
+++ b/docs/tech-specs/extraction-flows.md
@@ -314,11 +314,19 @@ Converts row index fields into vector embeddings.
 | `document_id` | Librarian reference, provenance linking |
 | `chunk_id` | Provenance tracking through pipeline |
 
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 ### Potentially Redundant Fields
 
 | Field | Status |
 |-------|--------|
 | `metadata.metadata` | Set to `[]` by all extractors; document-level metadata now handled by librarian at submission time |
+=======
+### Removed Fields
+
+| Field | Status |
+|-------|--------|
+| `metadata.metadata` | Removed from `Metadata` class. Document-level metadata triples are now emitted directly by librarian to triple store at submission time, not carried through the extraction pipeline. |
+>>>>>>> e3bcbf73 (The metadata field (list of triples) in the pipeline Metadata class)
 
 ### Bytes Fields Pattern
 
diff --git a/tests/contract/conftest.py b/tests/contract/conftest.py
index e82ccd98..c474af29 100644
--- a/tests/contract/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/contract/conftest.py
@@ -95,8 +95,7 @@ def sample_message_data():
         "Metadata": {
             "id": "test-doc-123",
             "user": "test_user",
-            "collection": "test_collection",
-            "metadata": []
+            "collection": "test_collection"
         },
         "Term": {
             "type": IRI,
diff --git a/tests/contract/test_message_contracts.py b/tests/contract/test_message_contracts.py
index 746ebaed..695fef14 100644
--- a/tests/contract/test_message_contracts.py
+++ b/tests/contract/test_message_contracts.py
@@ -401,25 +401,6 @@ class TestMetadataMessageContracts:
         assert metadata.id == "test-doc-123"
         assert metadata.user == "test_user"
         assert metadata.collection == "test_collection"
-        assert isinstance(metadata.metadata, list)
-
-    def test_metadata_with_triples_contract(self, sample_message_data):
-        """Test Metadata with embedded triples contract"""
-        # Arrange
-        triple = Triple(**sample_message_data["Triple"])
-        metadata_data = {
-            "id": "doc-with-triples",
-            "user": "test_user",
-            "collection": "test_collection",
-            "metadata": [triple]
-        }
-
-        # Act & Assert
-        assert validate_schema_contract(Metadata, metadata_data)
-
-        metadata = Metadata(**metadata_data)
-        assert len(metadata.metadata) == 1
-        assert metadata.metadata[0].s.iri == "http://example.com/subject"
 
     def test_error_schema_contract(self):
         """Test Error schema contract"""
diff --git a/tests/contract/test_rows_cassandra_contracts.py b/tests/contract/test_rows_cassandra_contracts.py
index d1a8ba26..bf85b9fb 100644
--- a/tests/contract/test_rows_cassandra_contracts.py
+++ b/tests/contract/test_rows_cassandra_contracts.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ class TestRowsCassandraContracts:
             id="test-doc-001",
             user="test_user",
             collection="test_collection",
-            metadata=[]
         )
         
         test_object = ExtractedObject(
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ class TestRowsCassandraContracts:
         assert hasattr(test_object.metadata, 'id')
         assert hasattr(test_object.metadata, 'user')
         assert hasattr(test_object.metadata, 'collection')
-        assert hasattr(test_object.metadata, 'metadata')
         
         # Verify types
         assert isinstance(test_object.schema_name, str)
@@ -154,7 +152,6 @@ class TestRowsCassandraContracts:
                 id="serial-001",
                 user="test_user",
                 collection="test_coll",
-                metadata=[]
             ),
             schema_name="test_schema",
             values=[{"field1": "value1", "field2": "123"}],
@@ -234,7 +231,6 @@ class TestRowsCassandraContracts:
                 id="meta-001",
                 user="user123",  # -> keyspace
                 collection="coll456",  # -> partition key
-                metadata=[{"key": "value"}]
             ),
             schema_name="table789",  # -> table name
             values=[{"field": "value"}],
@@ -262,7 +258,6 @@ class TestRowsCassandraContractsBatch:
             id="batch-doc-001",
             user="test_user",
             collection="test_collection",
-            metadata=[]
         )
         
         batch_object = ExtractedObject(
@@ -308,10 +303,9 @@ class TestRowsCassandraContractsBatch:
         test_metadata = Metadata(
             id="empty-batch-001",
             user="test_user",
-            collection="test_collection", 
-            metadata=[]
+            collection="test_collection",
         )
-        
+
         empty_batch_object = ExtractedObject(
             metadata=test_metadata,
             schema_name="empty_schema",
@@ -332,9 +326,8 @@ class TestRowsCassandraContractsBatch:
             id="single-batch-001",
             user="test_user",
             collection="test_collection",
-            metadata=[]
         )
-        
+
         single_batch_object = ExtractedObject(
             metadata=test_metadata,
             schema_name="customer_records",
@@ -362,12 +355,11 @@ class TestRowsCassandraContractsBatch:
                 id="batch-serial-001",
                 user="test_user",
                 collection="test_coll",
-                metadata=[]
             ),
             schema_name="test_schema",
             values=[
                 {"field1": "value1", "field2": "123"},
-                {"field1": "value2", "field2": "456"},  
+                {"field1": "value2", "field2": "456"},
                 {"field1": "value3", "field2": "789"}
             ],
             confidence=0.92,
@@ -436,9 +428,8 @@ class TestRowsCassandraContractsBatch:
             id="partition-test-001",
             user="consistent_user",  # Same keyspace
             collection="consistent_collection",  # Same partition
-            metadata=[]
         )
-        
+
         batch_object = ExtractedObject(
             metadata=test_metadata,
             schema_name="partition_test",
diff --git a/tests/contract/test_structured_data_contracts.py b/tests/contract/test_structured_data_contracts.py
index 97197f13..d8f4c5cb 100644
--- a/tests/contract/test_structured_data_contracts.py
+++ b/tests/contract/test_structured_data_contracts.py
@@ -95,9 +95,8 @@ class TestStructuredDataSchemaContracts:
             id="structured-data-001",
             user="test_user",
             collection="test_collection",
-            metadata=[]
         )
-        
+
         # Act
         submission = StructuredDataSubmission(
             metadata=metadata,
@@ -121,9 +120,8 @@ class TestStructuredDataSchemaContracts:
             id="extracted-obj-001",
             user="test_user",
             collection="test_collection",
-            metadata=[]
         )
-        
+
         # Act
         obj = ExtractedObject(
             metadata=metadata,
@@ -147,9 +145,8 @@ class TestStructuredDataSchemaContracts:
             id="extracted-batch-001",
             user="test_user",
             collection="test_collection",
-            metadata=[]
         )
-        
+
         # Act - create object with multiple values
         obj = ExtractedObject(
             metadata=metadata,
@@ -180,11 +177,10 @@ class TestStructuredDataSchemaContracts:
         # Arrange
         metadata = Metadata(
             id="extracted-empty-001",
-            user="test_user", 
+            user="test_user",
             collection="test_collection",
-            metadata=[]
         )
-        
+
         # Act - create object with empty values array
         obj = ExtractedObject(
             metadata=metadata,
@@ -283,7 +279,6 @@ class TestStructuredEmbeddingsContracts:
             id="struct-embed-001",
             user="test_user",
             collection="test_collection",
-            metadata=[]
         )
 
         # Act
@@ -313,7 +308,7 @@ class TestStructuredDataSerializationContracts:
     def test_structured_data_submission_serialization(self):
         """Test StructuredDataSubmission serialization contract"""
         # Arrange
-        metadata = Metadata(id="test", user="user", collection="col", metadata=[])
+        metadata = Metadata(id="test", user="user", collection="col")
         submission_data = {
             "metadata": metadata,
             "format": "json",
@@ -328,7 +323,7 @@ class TestStructuredDataSerializationContracts:
     def test_extracted_object_serialization(self):
         """Test ExtractedObject serialization contract"""
         # Arrange
-        metadata = Metadata(id="test", user="user", collection="col", metadata=[])
+        metadata = Metadata(id="test", user="user", collection="col")
         object_data = {
             "metadata": metadata,
             "schema_name": "test_schema",
@@ -378,7 +373,7 @@ class TestStructuredDataSerializationContracts:
     def test_extracted_object_batch_serialization(self):
         """Test ExtractedObject batch serialization contract"""
         # Arrange
-        metadata = Metadata(id="test", user="user", collection="col", metadata=[])
+        metadata = Metadata(id="test", user="user", collection="col")
         batch_object_data = {
             "metadata": metadata,
             "schema_name": "test_schema",
@@ -397,7 +392,7 @@ class TestStructuredDataSerializationContracts:
     def test_extracted_object_empty_batch_serialization(self):
         """Test ExtractedObject empty batch serialization contract"""
         # Arrange
-        metadata = Metadata(id="test", user="user", collection="col", metadata=[])
+        metadata = Metadata(id="test", user="user", collection="col")
         empty_batch_data = {
             "metadata": metadata,
             "schema_name": "test_schema", 
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_agent_kg_extraction_integration.py b/tests/integration/test_agent_kg_extraction_integration.py
index 849547c8..1d37960a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_agent_kg_extraction_integration.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_agent_kg_extraction_integration.py
@@ -76,13 +76,6 @@ class TestAgentKgExtractionIntegration:
             chunk=text.encode('utf-8'),
             metadata=Metadata(
                 id="doc123",
-                metadata=[
-                    Triple(
-                        s=Term(type=IRI, iri="doc123"),
-                        p=Term(type=IRI, iri="http://example.org/type"),
-                        o=Term(type=LITERAL, value="document")
-                    )
-                ]
             )
         )
 
@@ -136,11 +129,7 @@ class TestAgentKgExtractionIntegration:
             # Parse and process
             extraction_data = extractor.parse_jsonl(agent_response)
             triples, entity_contexts = extractor.process_extraction_data(extraction_data, v.metadata)
-            
-            # Add metadata triples
-            for t in v.metadata.metadata:
-                triples.append(t)
-            
+
             # Emit outputs
             if triples:
                 await extractor.emit_triples(flow("triples"), v.metadata, triples)
@@ -242,9 +231,9 @@ class TestAgentKgExtractionIntegration:
         # Act - JSONL parsing is lenient, invalid lines are skipped
         await configured_agent_extractor.on_message(mock_message, mock_consumer, mock_flow_context)
 
-        # Assert - should emit triples (with just metadata) but no entity contexts
+        # Assert - with no valid extraction data, nothing is emitted
         triples_publisher = mock_flow_context("triples")
-        triples_publisher.send.assert_called_once()
+        triples_publisher.send.assert_not_called()
 
         entity_contexts_publisher = mock_flow_context("entity-contexts")
         entity_contexts_publisher.send.assert_not_called()
@@ -268,17 +257,12 @@ class TestAgentKgExtractionIntegration:
         # Act
         await configured_agent_extractor.on_message(mock_message, mock_consumer, mock_flow_context)
 
-        # Assert
-        # Should still emit outputs (even if empty) to maintain flow consistency
+        # Assert - with empty extraction results, nothing is emitted
         triples_publisher = mock_flow_context("triples")
         entity_contexts_publisher = mock_flow_context("entity-contexts")
-        
-        # Triples should include metadata triples at minimum
-        triples_publisher.send.assert_called_once()
-        sent_triples = triples_publisher.send.call_args[0][0]
-        assert isinstance(sent_triples, Triples)
-        
-        # Entity contexts should not be sent if empty
+
+        # No triples or entity contexts emitted for empty results
+        triples_publisher.send.assert_not_called()
         entity_contexts_publisher.send.assert_not_called()
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
@@ -308,7 +292,7 @@ class TestAgentKgExtractionIntegration:
         test_text = "Test text for prompt rendering"
         chunk = Chunk(
             chunk=test_text.encode('utf-8'),
-            metadata=Metadata(id="test-doc", metadata=[])
+            metadata=Metadata(id="test-doc")
         )
         
         agent_client = mock_flow_context("agent-request")
@@ -340,7 +324,7 @@ class TestAgentKgExtractionIntegration:
             text = f"Test document {i} content"
             chunks.append(Chunk(
                 chunk=text.encode('utf-8'),
-                metadata=Metadata(id=f"doc{i}", metadata=[])
+                metadata=Metadata(id=f"doc{i}")
             ))
         
         agent_client = mock_flow_context("agent-request")
@@ -375,7 +359,7 @@ class TestAgentKgExtractionIntegration:
         unicode_text = "Machine Learning (学习机器) は人工知能の一分野です。"
         chunk = Chunk(
             chunk=unicode_text.encode('utf-8'),
-            metadata=Metadata(id="unicode-doc", metadata=[])
+            metadata=Metadata(id="unicode-doc")
         )
         
         agent_client = mock_flow_context("agent-request")
@@ -411,7 +395,7 @@ class TestAgentKgExtractionIntegration:
         large_text = "Machine Learning is important. " * 1000  # Repeat to create large text
         chunk = Chunk(
             chunk=large_text.encode('utf-8'),
-            metadata=Metadata(id="large-doc", metadata=[])
+            metadata=Metadata(id="large-doc")
         )
         
         agent_client = mock_flow_context("agent-request")
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_import_export_graceful_shutdown.py b/tests/integration/test_import_export_graceful_shutdown.py
index 13a851df..a3771b80 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_import_export_graceful_shutdown.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_import_export_graceful_shutdown.py
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ async def test_export_no_message_loss_integration(mock_backend):
         triples_obj = Triples(
             metadata=Metadata(
                 id=f"export-msg-{i}",
-                metadata=to_subgraph(msg_data["metadata"]["metadata"]),
                 user=msg_data["metadata"]["user"],
                 collection=msg_data["metadata"]["collection"],
             ),
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_kg_extract_store_integration.py b/tests/integration/test_kg_extract_store_integration.py
index c390c139..56c30144 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_kg_extract_store_integration.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_kg_extract_store_integration.py
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ class TestKnowledgeGraphPipelineIntegration:
                 id="doc-123",
                 user="test_user",
                 collection="test_collection",
-                metadata=[]
             ),
             chunk=b"Machine Learning is a subset of Artificial Intelligence. Neural Networks are used in Machine Learning to process complex patterns."
         )
@@ -243,13 +242,12 @@ class TestKnowledgeGraphPipelineIntegration:
             id="test-doc",
             user="test_user",
             collection="test_collection",
-            metadata=[]
         )
 
         # Act
         triples = []
         entities = []
-        
+
         for defn in sample_definitions_response:
             s = defn["entity"]
             o = defn["definition"]
@@ -302,12 +300,11 @@ class TestKnowledgeGraphPipelineIntegration:
             id="test-doc",
             user="test_user",
             collection="test_collection",
-            metadata=[]
         )
 
         # Act
         triples = []
-        
+
         for rel in sample_relationships_response:
             s = rel["subject"]
             p = rel["predicate"]
@@ -373,7 +370,6 @@ class TestKnowledgeGraphPipelineIntegration:
                 id="test-doc",
                 user="test_user",
                 collection="test_collection",
-                metadata=[]
             ),
             triples=[
                 Triple(
@@ -406,7 +402,6 @@ class TestKnowledgeGraphPipelineIntegration:
                 id="test-doc",
                 user="test_user",
                 collection="test_collection",
-                metadata=[]
             ),
             entities=[
                 EntityEmbeddings(
@@ -542,7 +537,7 @@ class TestKnowledgeGraphPipelineIntegration:
         ]
         
         sample_chunk = Chunk(
-            metadata=Metadata(id="test", user="user", collection="collection", metadata=[]),
+            metadata=Metadata(id="test", user="user", collection="collection"),
             chunk=b"Test chunk"
         )
         
@@ -569,7 +564,7 @@ class TestKnowledgeGraphPipelineIntegration:
         # Arrange
         large_chunk_batch = [
             Chunk(
-                metadata=Metadata(id=f"doc-{i}", user="user", collection="collection", metadata=[]),
+                metadata=Metadata(id=f"doc-{i}", user="user", collection="collection"),
                 chunk=f"Document {i} contains machine learning and AI content.".encode("utf-8")
             )
             for i in range(100)  # Large batch
@@ -608,15 +603,8 @@ class TestKnowledgeGraphPipelineIntegration:
             id="test-doc-123",
             user="test_user",
             collection="test_collection",
-            metadata=[
-                Triple(
-                    s=Term(type=IRI, iri="doc:test"),
-                    p=Term(type=IRI, iri="dc:title"),
-                    o=Term(type=LITERAL, value="Test Document")
-                )
-            ]
         )
-        
+
         sample_chunk = Chunk(
             metadata=original_metadata,
             chunk=b"Test content for metadata propagation"
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_object_extraction_integration.py b/tests/integration/test_object_extraction_integration.py
index dd48affe..faa63381 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_object_extraction_integration.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_object_extraction_integration.py
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@ class TestObjectExtractionServiceIntegration:
             id="customer-doc-001",
             user="integration_test",
             collection="test_documents",
-            metadata=[]
         )
         
         chunk_text = """
@@ -299,7 +298,6 @@ class TestObjectExtractionServiceIntegration:
             id="product-doc-001",
             user="integration_test",
             collection="test_documents",
-            metadata=[]
         )
         
         chunk_text = """
@@ -373,7 +371,6 @@ class TestObjectExtractionServiceIntegration:
                 id=chunk_id,
                 user="concurrent_test",
                 collection="test_collection",
-                metadata=[]
             )
             chunk = Chunk(metadata=metadata, chunk=text.encode('utf-8'))
             chunks.append(chunk)
@@ -470,7 +467,7 @@ class TestObjectExtractionServiceIntegration:
         await processor.on_schema_config(integration_config, version=1)
         
         # Create test chunk
-        metadata = Metadata(id="error-test", user="test", collection="test", metadata=[])
+        metadata = Metadata(id="error-test", user="test", collection="test")
         chunk = Chunk(metadata=metadata, chunk=b"Some text that will fail to process")
         
         mock_msg = MagicMock()
@@ -507,7 +504,6 @@ class TestObjectExtractionServiceIntegration:
             id="metadata-test-chunk",
             user="test_user",
             collection="test_collection",
-            metadata=[]  # Could include source document metadata
         )
         
         chunk = Chunk(
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_rows_cassandra_integration.py b/tests/integration/test_rows_cassandra_integration.py
index 2cb973a7..9067816a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_rows_cassandra_integration.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_rows_cassandra_integration.py
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ class TestRowsCassandraIntegration:
                     id="doc-001",
                     user="test_user",
                     collection="import_2024",
-                    metadata=[]
                 ),
                 schema_name="customer_records",
                 values=[{
@@ -201,7 +200,7 @@ class TestRowsCassandraIntegration:
 
             # Process objects for different schemas
             product_obj = ExtractedObject(
-                metadata=Metadata(id="p1", user="shop", collection="catalog", metadata=[]),
+                metadata=Metadata(id="p1", user="shop", collection="catalog"),
                 schema_name="products",
                 values=[{"product_id": "P001", "name": "Widget", "price": "19.99"}],
                 confidence=0.9,
@@ -209,7 +208,7 @@ class TestRowsCassandraIntegration:
             )
 
             order_obj = ExtractedObject(
-                metadata=Metadata(id="o1", user="shop", collection="sales", metadata=[]),
+                metadata=Metadata(id="o1", user="shop", collection="sales"),
                 schema_name="orders",
                 values=[{"order_id": "O001", "customer_id": "C001", "total": "59.97"}],
                 confidence=0.85,
@@ -254,7 +253,7 @@ class TestRowsCassandraIntegration:
             )
 
             test_obj = ExtractedObject(
-                metadata=Metadata(id="t1", user="test", collection="test", metadata=[]),
+                metadata=Metadata(id="t1", user="test", collection="test"),
                 schema_name="indexed_data",
                 values=[{
                     "id": "123",
@@ -337,7 +336,6 @@ class TestRowsCassandraIntegration:
                     id="batch-001",
                     user="test_user",
                     collection="batch_import",
-                    metadata=[]
                 ),
                 schema_name="batch_customers",
                 values=[
@@ -391,7 +389,7 @@ class TestRowsCassandraIntegration:
 
             # Process empty batch object
             empty_obj = ExtractedObject(
-                metadata=Metadata(id="empty-1", user="test", collection="empty", metadata=[]),
+                metadata=Metadata(id="empty-1", user="test", collection="empty"),
                 schema_name="empty_test",
                 values=[],  # Empty batch
                 confidence=1.0,
@@ -426,7 +424,7 @@ class TestRowsCassandraIntegration:
             )
 
             test_obj = ExtractedObject(
-                metadata=Metadata(id="t1", user="test", collection="test", metadata=[]),
+                metadata=Metadata(id="t1", user="test", collection="test"),
                 schema_name="map_test",
                 values=[{"id": "123", "name": "Test Item", "count": "42"}],
                 confidence=0.9,
@@ -470,7 +468,7 @@ class TestRowsCassandraIntegration:
             )
 
             test_obj = ExtractedObject(
-                metadata=Metadata(id="t1", user="test", collection="my_collection", metadata=[]),
+                metadata=Metadata(id="t1", user="test", collection="my_collection"),
                 schema_name="partition_test",
                 values=[{"id": "123", "category": "test"}],
                 confidence=0.9,
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_chunking/conftest.py b/tests/unit/test_chunking/conftest.py
index c01f73d8..31dab77d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_chunking/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_chunking/conftest.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ def sample_text_document():
     """Sample document with moderate length text."""
     metadata = Metadata(
         id="test-doc-1",
-        metadata=[],
         user="test-user",
         collection="test-collection"
     )
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ def long_text_document():
     """Long document for testing multiple chunks."""
     metadata = Metadata(
         id="test-doc-long",
-        metadata=[],
         user="test-user",
         collection="test-collection"
     )
@@ -61,7 +59,6 @@ def unicode_text_document():
     """Document with various unicode characters."""
     metadata = Metadata(
         id="test-doc-unicode",
-        metadata=[],
         user="test-user",
         collection="test-collection"
     )
@@ -87,7 +84,6 @@ def empty_text_document():
     """Empty document for edge case testing."""
     metadata = Metadata(
         id="test-doc-empty",
-        metadata=[],
         user="test-user",
         collection="test-collection"
     )
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_chunking/test_recursive_chunker.py b/tests/unit/test_chunking/test_recursive_chunker.py
index 41286eae..ae05d22c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_chunking/test_recursive_chunker.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_chunking/test_recursive_chunker.py
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ class TestRecursiveChunkerSimple(IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
         mock_text_doc = MagicMock()
         mock_text_doc.metadata = Metadata(
             id="test-doc-123",
-            metadata=[],
             user="test-user",
             collection="test-collection"
         )
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_chunking/test_token_chunker.py b/tests/unit/test_chunking/test_token_chunker.py
index 9030a17f..45fab919 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_chunking/test_token_chunker.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_chunking/test_token_chunker.py
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ class TestTokenChunkerSimple(IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
         mock_text_doc = MagicMock()
         mock_text_doc.metadata = Metadata(
             id="test-doc-456",
-            metadata=[],
             user="test-user",
             collection="test-collection"
         )
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_cores/test_knowledge_manager.py b/tests/unit/test_cores/test_knowledge_manager.py
index 8c37ca32..76095690 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_cores/test_knowledge_manager.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_cores/test_knowledge_manager.py
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ def sample_triples():
             id="test-doc-id",
             user="test-user",
             collection="default",  # This should be overridden
-            metadata=[]
         ),
         triples=[
             Triple(
@@ -93,7 +92,6 @@ def sample_graph_embeddings():
             id="test-doc-id",
             user="test-user",
             collection="default",  # This should be overridden
-            metadata=[]
         ),
         entities=[
             EntityEmbeddings(
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_gateway/test_rows_import_dispatcher.py b/tests/unit/test_gateway/test_rows_import_dispatcher.py
index ab72cae1..f029e9a2 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_gateway/test_rows_import_dispatcher.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_gateway/test_rows_import_dispatcher.py
@@ -55,13 +55,6 @@ def sample_objects_message():
     return {
         "metadata": {
             "id": "obj-123",
-            "metadata": [
-                {
-                    "s": {"v": "obj-123", "e": False},
-                    "p": {"v": "source", "e": False},
-                    "o": {"v": "test", "e": False}
-                }
-            ],
             "user": "testuser",
             "collection": "testcollection"
         },
@@ -244,7 +237,6 @@ class TestRowsImportMessageProcessing:
         assert sent_object.metadata.id == "obj-123"
         assert sent_object.metadata.user == "testuser"
         assert sent_object.metadata.collection == "testcollection"
-        assert len(sent_object.metadata.metadata) == 1  # One triple in metadata
 
     @patch('trustgraph.gateway.dispatch.rows_import.Publisher')
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
@@ -277,7 +269,6 @@ class TestRowsImportMessageProcessing:
         assert sent_object.values[0]["field1"] == "value1"
         assert sent_object.confidence == 1.0  # Default value
         assert sent_object.source_span == ""  # Default value
-        assert len(sent_object.metadata.metadata) == 0  # Default empty list
 
     @patch('trustgraph.gateway.dispatch.rows_import.Publisher')
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_knowledge_graph/conftest.py b/tests/unit/test_knowledge_graph/conftest.py
index e7f83b58..0e18b2e1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_knowledge_graph/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_knowledge_graph/conftest.py
@@ -29,11 +29,10 @@ class Triple:
         self.o = o
 
 class Metadata:
-    def __init__(self, id, user, collection, metadata):
+    def __init__(self, id, user, collection):
         self.id = id
         self.user = user
         self.collection = collection
-        self.metadata = metadata
 
 class Triples:
     def __init__(self, metadata, triples):
@@ -110,7 +109,6 @@ def sample_triples(sample_triple):
         id="test-doc-123",
         user="test_user",
         collection="test_collection",
-        metadata=[]
     )
     
     return Triples(
@@ -126,7 +124,6 @@ def sample_chunk():
         id="test-chunk-456",
         user="test_user",
         collection="test_collection",
-        metadata=[]
     )
     
     return Chunk(
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_knowledge_graph/test_agent_extraction.py b/tests/unit/test_knowledge_graph/test_agent_extraction.py
index a3a0f9a7..e4c723db 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_knowledge_graph/test_agent_extraction.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_knowledge_graph/test_agent_extraction.py
@@ -51,13 +51,6 @@ class TestAgentKgExtractor:
         """Sample metadata for testing"""
         return Metadata(
             id="doc123",
-            metadata=[
-                Triple(
-                    s=Term(type=IRI, iri="doc123"),
-                    p=Term(type=IRI, iri="http://example.org/type"),
-                    o=Term(type=LITERAL, value="document")
-                )
-            ]
         )
 
     @pytest.fixture
@@ -274,7 +267,7 @@ This is not JSON at all
 
     def test_process_extraction_data_no_metadata_id(self, agent_extractor):
         """Test processing when metadata has no ID"""
-        metadata = Metadata(id=None, metadata=[])
+        metadata = Metadata(id=None)
         data = [
             {"type": "definition", "entity": "Test Entity", "definition": "Test definition"}
         ]
@@ -345,8 +338,6 @@ This is not JSON at all
         assert sent_triples.metadata.id == sample_metadata.id
         assert sent_triples.metadata.user == sample_metadata.user
         assert sent_triples.metadata.collection == sample_metadata.collection
-        # Note: metadata.metadata is now empty array in the new implementation
-        assert sent_triples.metadata.metadata == []
         assert len(sent_triples.triples) == 1
         assert sent_triples.triples[0].s.iri == "test:subject"
 
@@ -371,8 +362,6 @@ This is not JSON at all
         assert sent_contexts.metadata.id == sample_metadata.id
         assert sent_contexts.metadata.user == sample_metadata.user
         assert sent_contexts.metadata.collection == sample_metadata.collection
-        # Note: metadata.metadata is now empty array in the new implementation
-        assert sent_contexts.metadata.metadata == []
         assert len(sent_contexts.entities) == 1
         assert sent_contexts.entities[0].entity.iri == "test:entity"
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_knowledge_graph/test_agent_extraction_edge_cases.py b/tests/unit/test_knowledge_graph/test_agent_extraction_edge_cases.py
index f66e5da6..2f0174e5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_knowledge_graph/test_agent_extraction_edge_cases.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_knowledge_graph/test_agent_extraction_edge_cases.py
@@ -177,13 +177,13 @@ class TestAgentKgExtractionEdgeCases:
             pass
 
         # Test with metadata without ID
-        metadata = Metadata(id=None, metadata=[])
+        metadata = Metadata(id=None)
         triples, contexts = agent_extractor.process_extraction_data([], metadata)
         assert len(triples) == 0
         assert len(contexts) == 0
 
         # Test with metadata with empty string ID
-        metadata = Metadata(id="", metadata=[])
+        metadata = Metadata(id="")
         data = [{"type": "definition", "entity": "Test", "definition": "Test def"}]
         triples, contexts = agent_extractor.process_extraction_data(data, metadata)
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class TestAgentKgExtractionEdgeCases:
 
     def test_process_extraction_data_special_entity_names(self, agent_extractor):
         """Test processing with special characters in entity names"""
-        metadata = Metadata(id="doc123", metadata=[])
+        metadata = Metadata(id="doc123")
 
         special_entities = [
             "Entity with spaces",
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class TestAgentKgExtractionEdgeCases:
 
     def test_process_extraction_data_very_long_definitions(self, agent_extractor):
         """Test processing with very long entity definitions"""
-        metadata = Metadata(id="doc123", metadata=[])
+        metadata = Metadata(id="doc123")
 
         # Create very long definition
         long_definition = "This is a very long definition. " * 1000
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ class TestAgentKgExtractionEdgeCases:
 
     def test_process_extraction_data_duplicate_entities(self, agent_extractor):
         """Test processing with duplicate entity names"""
-        metadata = Metadata(id="doc123", metadata=[])
+        metadata = Metadata(id="doc123")
 
         data = [
             {"type": "definition", "entity": "Machine Learning", "definition": "First definition"},
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class TestAgentKgExtractionEdgeCases:
 
     def test_process_extraction_data_empty_strings(self, agent_extractor):
         """Test processing with empty strings in data"""
-        metadata = Metadata(id="doc123", metadata=[])
+        metadata = Metadata(id="doc123")
 
         data = [
             {"type": "definition", "entity": "", "definition": "Definition for empty entity"},
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class TestAgentKgExtractionEdgeCases:
 
     def test_process_extraction_data_nested_json_in_strings(self, agent_extractor):
         """Test processing when definitions contain JSON-like strings"""
-        metadata = Metadata(id="doc123", metadata=[])
+        metadata = Metadata(id="doc123")
 
         data = [
             {
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ class TestAgentKgExtractionEdgeCases:
 
     def test_process_extraction_data_boolean_object_entity_variations(self, agent_extractor):
         """Test processing with various boolean values for object-entity"""
-        metadata = Metadata(id="doc123", metadata=[])
+        metadata = Metadata(id="doc123")
 
         data = [
             # Explicit True
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ class TestAgentKgExtractionEdgeCases:
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_emit_empty_collections(self, agent_extractor):
         """Test emitting empty triples and entity contexts"""
-        metadata = Metadata(id="test", metadata=[])
+        metadata = Metadata(id="test")
         
         # Test emitting empty triples
         mock_publisher = AsyncMock()
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ class TestAgentKgExtractionEdgeCases:
 
     def test_process_extraction_data_performance_large_dataset(self, agent_extractor):
         """Test performance with large extraction datasets"""
-        metadata = Metadata(id="large-doc", metadata=[])
+        metadata = Metadata(id="large-doc")
 
         # Create large dataset in JSONL format
         num_definitions = 1000
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_knowledge_graph/test_object_extraction_logic.py b/tests/unit/test_knowledge_graph/test_object_extraction_logic.py
index 525f595d..f82e4cc8 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_knowledge_graph/test_object_extraction_logic.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_knowledge_graph/test_object_extraction_logic.py
@@ -314,7 +314,6 @@ class TestObjectExtractionBusinessLogic:
             id="test-extraction-001",
             user="test_user", 
             collection="test_collection",
-            metadata=[]
         )
         
         values = [{
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_knowledge_graph/test_triple_construction.py b/tests/unit/test_knowledge_graph/test_triple_construction.py
index 10bae2e7..e45c69aa 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_knowledge_graph/test_triple_construction.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_knowledge_graph/test_triple_construction.py
@@ -373,7 +373,6 @@ class TestTripleConstructionLogic:
             id="test-doc-123",
             user="test_user",
             collection="test_collection",
-            metadata=[]
         )
 
         # Act
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_storage/test_rows_cassandra_storage.py b/tests/unit/test_storage/test_rows_cassandra_storage.py
index c8b81447..1976b844 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_storage/test_rows_cassandra_storage.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_storage/test_rows_cassandra_storage.py
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ class TestRowsCassandraStorageLogic:
                 id="test-001",
                 user="test_user",
                 collection="test_collection",
-                metadata=[]
             ),
             schema_name="test_schema",
             values=[{"id": "123", "value": "test_data"}],
@@ -252,7 +251,6 @@ class TestRowsCassandraStorageLogic:
                 id="test-001",
                 user="test_user",
                 collection="test_collection",
-                metadata=[]
             ),
             schema_name="multi_index_schema",
             values=[{"id": "123", "category": "electronics", "status": "active"}],
@@ -310,7 +308,6 @@ class TestRowsCassandraStorageBatchLogic:
                 id="batch-001",
                 user="test_user",
                 collection="batch_collection",
-                metadata=[]
             ),
             schema_name="batch_schema",
             values=[
@@ -365,7 +362,6 @@ class TestRowsCassandraStorageBatchLogic:
                 id="empty-001",
                 user="test_user",
                 collection="empty_collection",
-                metadata=[]
             ),
             schema_name="empty_schema",
             values=[],  # Empty batch
diff --git a/trustgraph-base/trustgraph/messaging/translators/document_loading.py b/trustgraph-base/trustgraph/messaging/translators/document_loading.py
index d252f1f6..ae9c4c91 100644
--- a/trustgraph-base/trustgraph/messaging/translators/document_loading.py
+++ b/trustgraph-base/trustgraph/messaging/translators/document_loading.py
@@ -2,38 +2,30 @@ import base64
 from typing import Dict, Any
 from ...schema import Document, TextDocument, Chunk, DocumentEmbeddings, ChunkEmbeddings
 from .base import SendTranslator
-from .metadata import DocumentMetadataTranslator
-from .primitives import SubgraphTranslator
 
 
 class DocumentTranslator(SendTranslator):
     """Translator for Document schema objects (PDF docs etc.)"""
-    
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.subgraph_translator = SubgraphTranslator()
-    
+
     def to_pulsar(self, data: Dict[str, Any]) -> Document:
-        metadata = data.get("metadata", [])
-        
         # Handle base64 content validation
         doc = base64.b64decode(data["data"])
-        
+
         from ...schema import Metadata
         return Document(
             metadata=Metadata(
                 id=data.get("id"),
-                metadata=self.subgraph_translator.to_pulsar(metadata) if metadata else [],
                 user=data.get("user", "trustgraph"),
                 collection=data.get("collection", "default"),
             ),
             data=base64.b64encode(doc).decode("utf-8")
         )
-    
+
     def from_pulsar(self, obj: Document) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         result = {
             "data": obj.data
         }
-        
+
         if obj.metadata:
             metadata_dict = {}
             if obj.metadata.id:
@@ -42,43 +34,36 @@ class DocumentTranslator(SendTranslator):
                 metadata_dict["user"] = obj.metadata.user
             if obj.metadata.collection:
                 metadata_dict["collection"] = obj.metadata.collection
-            if obj.metadata.metadata:
-                metadata_dict["metadata"] = self.subgraph_translator.from_pulsar(obj.metadata.metadata)
-                
+
             result["metadata"] = metadata_dict
-            
+
         return result
 
 
 class TextDocumentTranslator(SendTranslator):
     """Translator for TextDocument schema objects"""
-    
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.subgraph_translator = SubgraphTranslator()
-    
+
     def to_pulsar(self, data: Dict[str, Any]) -> TextDocument:
-        metadata = data.get("metadata", [])
         charset = data.get("charset", "utf-8")
-        
+
         # Text is base64 encoded in input
         text = base64.b64decode(data["text"]).decode(charset)
-        
+
         from ...schema import Metadata
         return TextDocument(
             metadata=Metadata(
                 id=data.get("id"),
-                metadata=self.subgraph_translator.to_pulsar(metadata) if metadata else [],
                 user=data.get("user", "trustgraph"),
                 collection=data.get("collection", "default"),
             ),
             text=text.encode("utf-8")
         )
-    
+
     def from_pulsar(self, obj: TextDocument) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         result = {
             "text": obj.text.decode("utf-8") if isinstance(obj.text, bytes) else obj.text
         }
-        
+
         if obj.metadata:
             metadata_dict = {}
             if obj.metadata.id:
@@ -87,39 +72,31 @@ class TextDocumentTranslator(SendTranslator):
                 metadata_dict["user"] = obj.metadata.user
             if obj.metadata.collection:
                 metadata_dict["collection"] = obj.metadata.collection
-            if obj.metadata.metadata:
-                metadata_dict["metadata"] = self.subgraph_translator.from_pulsar(obj.metadata.metadata)
-                
+
             result["metadata"] = metadata_dict
-            
+
         return result
 
 
 class ChunkTranslator(SendTranslator):
     """Translator for Chunk schema objects"""
-    
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.subgraph_translator = SubgraphTranslator()
-    
+
     def to_pulsar(self, data: Dict[str, Any]) -> Chunk:
-        metadata = data.get("metadata", [])
-        
         from ...schema import Metadata
         return Chunk(
             metadata=Metadata(
                 id=data.get("id"),
-                metadata=self.subgraph_translator.to_pulsar(metadata) if metadata else [],
                 user=data.get("user", "trustgraph"),
                 collection=data.get("collection", "default"),
             ),
             chunk=data["chunk"].encode("utf-8") if isinstance(data["chunk"], str) else data["chunk"]
         )
-    
+
     def from_pulsar(self, obj: Chunk) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         result = {
             "chunk": obj.chunk.decode("utf-8") if isinstance(obj.chunk, bytes) else obj.chunk
         }
-        
+
         if obj.metadata:
             metadata_dict = {}
             if obj.metadata.id:
@@ -128,20 +105,15 @@ class ChunkTranslator(SendTranslator):
                 metadata_dict["user"] = obj.metadata.user
             if obj.metadata.collection:
                 metadata_dict["collection"] = obj.metadata.collection
-            if obj.metadata.metadata:
-                metadata_dict["metadata"] = self.subgraph_translator.from_pulsar(obj.metadata.metadata)
-                
+
             result["metadata"] = metadata_dict
-            
+
         return result
 
 
 class DocumentEmbeddingsTranslator(SendTranslator):
     """Translator for DocumentEmbeddings schema objects"""
-    
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.subgraph_translator = SubgraphTranslator()
-    
+
     def to_pulsar(self, data: Dict[str, Any]) -> DocumentEmbeddings:
         metadata = data.get("metadata", {})
 
@@ -157,13 +129,12 @@ class DocumentEmbeddingsTranslator(SendTranslator):
         return DocumentEmbeddings(
             metadata=Metadata(
                 id=metadata.get("id"),
-                metadata=self.subgraph_translator.to_pulsar(metadata.get("metadata", [])),
                 user=metadata.get("user", "trustgraph"),
                 collection=metadata.get("collection", "default"),
             ),
             chunks=chunks
         )
-    
+
     def from_pulsar(self, obj: DocumentEmbeddings) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         result = {
             "chunks": [
@@ -174,7 +145,7 @@ class DocumentEmbeddingsTranslator(SendTranslator):
                 for chunk in obj.chunks
             ]
         }
-        
+
         if obj.metadata:
             metadata_dict = {}
             if obj.metadata.id:
@@ -183,9 +154,7 @@ class DocumentEmbeddingsTranslator(SendTranslator):
                 metadata_dict["user"] = obj.metadata.user
             if obj.metadata.collection:
                 metadata_dict["collection"] = obj.metadata.collection
-            if obj.metadata.metadata:
-                metadata_dict["metadata"] = self.subgraph_translator.from_pulsar(obj.metadata.metadata)
-                
+
             result["metadata"] = metadata_dict
-            
+
         return result
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/trustgraph-base/trustgraph/messaging/translators/knowledge.py b/trustgraph-base/trustgraph/messaging/translators/knowledge.py
index 5c3a3d51..99243c6b 100644
--- a/trustgraph-base/trustgraph/messaging/translators/knowledge.py
+++ b/trustgraph-base/trustgraph/messaging/translators/knowledge.py
@@ -1,43 +1,36 @@
 from typing import Dict, Any, Tuple, Optional
 from ...schema import (
-    KnowledgeRequest, KnowledgeResponse, Triples, GraphEmbeddings, 
+    KnowledgeRequest, KnowledgeResponse, Triples, GraphEmbeddings,
     Metadata, EntityEmbeddings
 )
 from .base import MessageTranslator
 from .primitives import ValueTranslator, SubgraphTranslator
-from .metadata import DocumentMetadataTranslator
 
 
 class KnowledgeRequestTranslator(MessageTranslator):
     """Translator for KnowledgeRequest schema objects"""
-    
+
     def __init__(self):
         self.value_translator = ValueTranslator()
         self.subgraph_translator = SubgraphTranslator()
-    
+
     def to_pulsar(self, data: Dict[str, Any]) -> KnowledgeRequest:
         triples = None
         if "triples" in data:
             triples = Triples(
                 metadata=Metadata(
                     id=data["triples"]["metadata"]["id"],
-                    metadata=self.subgraph_translator.to_pulsar(
-                        data["triples"]["metadata"]["metadata"]
-                    ),
                     user=data["triples"]["metadata"]["user"],
                     collection=data["triples"]["metadata"]["collection"]
                 ),
                 triples=self.subgraph_translator.to_pulsar(data["triples"]["triples"]),
             )
-        
+
         graph_embeddings = None
         if "graph-embeddings" in data:
             graph_embeddings = GraphEmbeddings(
                 metadata=Metadata(
                     id=data["graph-embeddings"]["metadata"]["id"],
-                    metadata=self.subgraph_translator.to_pulsar(
-                        data["graph-embeddings"]["metadata"]["metadata"]
-                    ),
                     user=data["graph-embeddings"]["metadata"]["user"],
                     collection=data["graph-embeddings"]["metadata"]["collection"]
                 ),
@@ -49,7 +42,7 @@ class KnowledgeRequestTranslator(MessageTranslator):
                     for ent in data["graph-embeddings"]["entities"]
                 ]
             )
-        
+
         return KnowledgeRequest(
             operation=data.get("operation"),
             user=data.get("user"),
@@ -59,10 +52,10 @@ class KnowledgeRequestTranslator(MessageTranslator):
             triples=triples,
             graph_embeddings=graph_embeddings,
         )
-    
+
     def from_pulsar(self, obj: KnowledgeRequest) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         result = {}
-        
+
         if obj.operation:
             result["operation"] = obj.operation
         if obj.user:
@@ -73,27 +66,21 @@ class KnowledgeRequestTranslator(MessageTranslator):
             result["flow"] = obj.flow
         if obj.collection:
             result["collection"] = obj.collection
-        
+
         if obj.triples:
             result["triples"] = {
                 "metadata": {
                     "id": obj.triples.metadata.id,
-                    "metadata": self.subgraph_translator.from_pulsar(
-                        obj.triples.metadata.metadata
-                    ),
                     "user": obj.triples.metadata.user,
                     "collection": obj.triples.metadata.collection,
                 },
                 "triples": self.subgraph_translator.from_pulsar(obj.triples.triples),
             }
-        
+
         if obj.graph_embeddings:
             result["graph-embeddings"] = {
                 "metadata": {
                     "id": obj.graph_embeddings.metadata.id,
-                    "metadata": self.subgraph_translator.from_pulsar(
-                        obj.graph_embeddings.metadata.metadata
-                    ),
                     "user": obj.graph_embeddings.metadata.user,
                     "collection": obj.graph_embeddings.metadata.collection,
                 },
@@ -105,50 +92,44 @@ class KnowledgeRequestTranslator(MessageTranslator):
                     for entity in obj.graph_embeddings.entities
                 ],
             }
-        
+
         return result
 
 
 class KnowledgeResponseTranslator(MessageTranslator):
     """Translator for KnowledgeResponse schema objects"""
-    
+
     def __init__(self):
         self.value_translator = ValueTranslator()
         self.subgraph_translator = SubgraphTranslator()
-    
+
     def to_pulsar(self, data: Dict[str, Any]) -> KnowledgeResponse:
         raise NotImplementedError("Response translation to Pulsar not typically needed")
-    
+
     def from_pulsar(self, obj: KnowledgeResponse) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         # Response to list operation
         if obj.ids is not None:
             return {"ids": obj.ids}
-        
+
         # Streaming triples response
         if obj.triples:
             return {
                 "triples": {
                     "metadata": {
                         "id": obj.triples.metadata.id,
-                        "metadata": self.subgraph_translator.from_pulsar(
-                            obj.triples.metadata.metadata
-                        ),
                         "user": obj.triples.metadata.user,
                         "collection": obj.triples.metadata.collection,
                     },
                     "triples": self.subgraph_translator.from_pulsar(obj.triples.triples),
                 }
             }
-        
+
         # Streaming graph embeddings response
         if obj.graph_embeddings:
             return {
                 "graph-embeddings": {
                     "metadata": {
                         "id": obj.graph_embeddings.metadata.id,
-                        "metadata": self.subgraph_translator.from_pulsar(
-                            obj.graph_embeddings.metadata.metadata
-                        ),
                         "user": obj.graph_embeddings.metadata.user,
                         "collection": obj.graph_embeddings.metadata.collection,
                     },
@@ -161,11 +142,11 @@ class KnowledgeResponseTranslator(MessageTranslator):
                     ],
                 }
             }
-        
+
         # End of stream marker
         if obj.eos is True:
             return {"eos": True}
-        
+
         # Empty response (successful delete)
         return {}
     
diff --git a/trustgraph-base/trustgraph/schema/core/metadata.py b/trustgraph-base/trustgraph/schema/core/metadata.py
index 1888e612..edfc30a3 100644
--- a/trustgraph-base/trustgraph/schema/core/metadata.py
+++ b/trustgraph-base/trustgraph/schema/core/metadata.py
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
-from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from .primitives import Triple
+from dataclasses import dataclass
 
 @dataclass
 class Metadata:
     # Source identifier
     id: str = ""
 
-    # Subgraph
-    metadata: list[Triple] = field(default_factory=list)
-
     # Collection management
     user: str = ""
     collection: str = ""
diff --git a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/chunking/recursive/chunker.py b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/chunking/recursive/chunker.py
index ccc0a55f..76d698bc 100755
--- a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/chunking/recursive/chunker.py
+++ b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/chunking/recursive/chunker.py
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ class Processor(ChunkingService):
             await flow("triples").send(Triples(
                 metadata=Metadata(
                     id=chunk_uri,
-                    metadata=[],
                     user=v.metadata.user,
                     collection=v.metadata.collection,
                 ),
@@ -189,7 +188,6 @@ class Processor(ChunkingService):
             r = Chunk(
                 metadata=Metadata(
                     id=chunk_uri,
-                    metadata=[],
                     user=v.metadata.user,
                     collection=v.metadata.collection,
                 ),
diff --git a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/decoding/pdf/pdf_decoder.py b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/decoding/pdf/pdf_decoder.py
index ef85d30d..cbf2acb4 100755
--- a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/decoding/pdf/pdf_decoder.py
+++ b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/decoding/pdf/pdf_decoder.py
@@ -302,7 +302,6 @@ class Processor(FlowProcessor):
                 await flow("triples").send(Triples(
                     metadata=Metadata(
                         id=pg_uri,
-                        metadata=[],
                         user=v.metadata.user,
                         collection=v.metadata.collection,
                     ),
@@ -314,7 +313,6 @@ class Processor(FlowProcessor):
                 r = TextDocument(
                     metadata=Metadata(
                         id=pg_uri,
-                        metadata=[],
                         user=v.metadata.user,
                         collection=v.metadata.collection,
                     ),
diff --git a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/agent/extract.py b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/agent/extract.py
index d9057909..0e844d17 100644
--- a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/agent/extract.py
+++ b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/agent/extract.py
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ class Processor(FlowProcessor):
         tpls = Triples(
             metadata = Metadata(
                 id = metadata.id,
-                metadata = [],
                 user = metadata.user,
                 collection = metadata.collection,
             ),
@@ -117,7 +116,6 @@ class Processor(FlowProcessor):
         ecs = EntityContexts(
             metadata = Metadata(
                 id = metadata.id,
-                metadata = [],
                 user = metadata.user,
                 collection = metadata.collection,
             ),
@@ -216,10 +214,6 @@ class Processor(FlowProcessor):
                 extraction_data, v.metadata
             )
 
-            # Put document metadata into triples
-            for t in v.metadata.metadata:
-                triples.append(t)
-        
             # Emit outputs
             if triples:
                 await self.emit_triples(flow("triples"), v.metadata, triples)
diff --git a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/definitions/extract.py b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/definitions/extract.py
index 7e301893..c1838071 100755
--- a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/definitions/extract.py
+++ b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/definitions/extract.py
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ class Processor(FlowProcessor):
                     flow("triples"),
                     Metadata(
                         id=v.metadata.id,
-                        metadata=[],
                         user=v.metadata.user,
                         collection=v.metadata.collection,
                     ),
@@ -232,7 +231,6 @@ class Processor(FlowProcessor):
                     flow("entity-contexts"),
                     Metadata(
                         id=v.metadata.id,
-                        metadata=[],
                         user=v.metadata.user,
                         collection=v.metadata.collection,
                     ),
diff --git a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/ontology/extract.py b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/ontology/extract.py
index 11767d0b..6971f92f 100644
--- a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/ontology/extract.py
+++ b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/ontology/extract.py
@@ -306,10 +306,6 @@ class Processor(FlowProcessor):
                 flow, chunk, ontology_subset, prompt_variables
             )
 
-            # Add metadata triples
-            for t in v.metadata.metadata:
-                triples.append(t)
-
             # Generate ontology definition triples
             ontology_triples = self.build_ontology_triples(ontology_subset)
 
@@ -558,7 +554,6 @@ class Processor(FlowProcessor):
         t = Triples(
             metadata=Metadata(
                 id=metadata.id,
-                metadata=[],
                 user=metadata.user,
                 collection=metadata.collection,
             ),
@@ -571,7 +566,6 @@ class Processor(FlowProcessor):
         ec = EntityContexts(
             metadata=Metadata(
                 id=metadata.id,
-                metadata=[],
                 user=metadata.user,
                 collection=metadata.collection,
             ),
diff --git a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/relationships/extract.py b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/relationships/extract.py
index 523f8474..7bc69528 100755
--- a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/relationships/extract.py
+++ b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/relationships/extract.py
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ class Processor(FlowProcessor):
                     flow("triples"),
                     Metadata(
                         id=v.metadata.id,
-                        metadata=[],
                         user=v.metadata.user,
                         collection=v.metadata.collection,
                     ),
diff --git a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/rows/processor.py b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/rows/processor.py
index bd7bc802..8d32963a 100644
--- a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/rows/processor.py
+++ b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/rows/processor.py
@@ -272,7 +272,6 @@ class Processor(FlowProcessor):
                     extracted = ExtractedObject(
                         metadata=Metadata(
                             id=f"{v.metadata.id}:{schema_name}",
-                            metadata=[],
                             user=v.metadata.user,
                             collection=v.metadata.collection,
                         ),
diff --git a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/gateway/dispatch/rows_import.py b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/gateway/dispatch/rows_import.py
index 6606dc1a..ad634cab 100644
--- a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/gateway/dispatch/rows_import.py
+++ b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/gateway/dispatch/rows_import.py
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ class RowsImport:
         elt = ExtractedObject(
             metadata=Metadata(
                 id=data["metadata"]["id"],
-                metadata=to_subgraph(data["metadata"].get("metadata", [])),
                 user=data["metadata"]["user"],
                 collection=data["metadata"]["collection"],
             ),
diff --git a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/gateway/dispatch/serialize.py b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/gateway/dispatch/serialize.py
index 17b87bd1..a7c19723 100644
--- a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/gateway/dispatch/serialize.py
+++ b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/gateway/dispatch/serialize.py
@@ -37,18 +37,17 @@ def serialize_triples(message):
     return {
         "metadata": {
             "id": message.metadata.id,
-            "metadata": serialize_subgraph(message.metadata.metadata),
             "user": message.metadata.user,
             "collection": message.metadata.collection,
         },
         "triples": serialize_subgraph(message.triples),
     }
-    
+
+
 def serialize_graph_embeddings(message):
     return {
         "metadata": {
             "id": message.metadata.id,
-            "metadata": serialize_subgraph(message.metadata.metadata),
             "user": message.metadata.user,
             "collection": message.metadata.collection,
         },
@@ -61,11 +60,11 @@ def serialize_graph_embeddings(message):
         ],
     }
 
+
 def serialize_entity_contexts(message):
     return {
         "metadata": {
             "id": message.metadata.id,
-            "metadata": serialize_subgraph(message.metadata.metadata),
             "user": message.metadata.user,
             "collection": message.metadata.collection,
         },
@@ -78,11 +77,11 @@ def serialize_entity_contexts(message):
         ],
     }
 
+
 def serialize_document_embeddings(message):
     return {
         "metadata": {
             "id": message.metadata.id,
-            "metadata": serialize_subgraph(message.metadata.metadata),
             "user": message.metadata.user,
             "collection": message.metadata.collection,
         },
diff --git a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/gateway/dispatch/triples_import.py b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/gateway/dispatch/triples_import.py
index 6bb46975..e85d8821 100644
--- a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/gateway/dispatch/triples_import.py
+++ b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/gateway/dispatch/triples_import.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ class TriplesImport:
         elt = Triples(
             metadata=Metadata(
                 id=data["metadata"]["id"],
-                metadata=to_subgraph(data["metadata"]["metadata"]),
                 user=data["metadata"]["user"],
                 collection=data["metadata"]["collection"],
             ),
diff --git a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/librarian/service.py b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/librarian/service.py
index 009d23bd..7361d74e 100755
--- a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/librarian/service.py
+++ b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/librarian/service.py
@@ -334,7 +334,6 @@ class Processor(AsyncProcessor):
             triples_msg = Triples(
                 metadata=Metadata(
                     id=doc_uri,
-                    metadata=[],
                     user=processing.user,
                     collection=processing.collection,
                 ),
@@ -381,7 +380,6 @@ class Processor(AsyncProcessor):
                 doc = TextDocument(
                     metadata = Metadata(
                         id = document.id,
-                        metadata = document.metadata,
                         user = processing.user,
                         collection = processing.collection
                     ),
@@ -392,7 +390,6 @@ class Processor(AsyncProcessor):
                 doc = TextDocument(
                     metadata = Metadata(
                         id = document.id,
-                        metadata = document.metadata,
                         user = processing.user,
                         collection = processing.collection
                     ),
@@ -408,7 +405,6 @@ class Processor(AsyncProcessor):
                 doc = Document(
                     metadata = Metadata(
                         id = document.id,
-                        metadata = document.metadata,
                         user = processing.user,
                         collection = processing.collection
                     ),
@@ -419,7 +415,6 @@ class Processor(AsyncProcessor):
                 doc = Document(
                     metadata = Metadata(
                         id = document.id,
-                        metadata = document.metadata,
                         user = processing.user,
                         collection = processing.collection
                     ),
diff --git a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/retrieval/graph_rag/rag.py b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/retrieval/graph_rag/rag.py
index 85b9fc66..81be2819 100755
--- a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/retrieval/graph_rag/rag.py
+++ b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/retrieval/graph_rag/rag.py
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ class Processor(FlowProcessor):
                 await flow("explainability").send(Triples(
                     metadata=Metadata(
                         id=explain_id,
-                        metadata=[],
                         user=v.user,
                         collection=v.collection,  # Store in user's collection, not separate explainability collection
                     ),
diff --git a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/tables/knowledge.py b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/tables/knowledge.py
index f6cd7068..7a7b5e40 100644
--- a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/tables/knowledge.py
+++ b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/tables/knowledge.py
@@ -218,16 +218,6 @@ class KnowledgeTableStore:
 
         when = int(time.time() * 1000)
 
-        if m.metadata.metadata:
-            metadata = [
-                (
-                    *term_to_tuple(v.s), *term_to_tuple(v.p), *term_to_tuple(v.o)
-                )
-                for v in m.metadata.metadata
-            ]
-        else:
-            metadata = []
-
         triples = [
             (
                 *term_to_tuple(v.s), *term_to_tuple(v.p), *term_to_tuple(v.o)
@@ -244,7 +234,7 @@ class KnowledgeTableStore:
                     (
                         uuid.uuid4(), m.metadata.user,
                         m.metadata.id, when,
-                        metadata, triples,
+                        [], triples,
                     )
                 )
 
@@ -259,16 +249,6 @@ class KnowledgeTableStore:
 
         when = int(time.time() * 1000)
 
-        if m.metadata.metadata:
-            metadata = [
-                (
-                    *term_to_tuple(v.s), *term_to_tuple(v.p), *term_to_tuple(v.o)
-                )
-                for v in m.metadata.metadata
-            ]
-        else:
-            metadata = []
-
         entities = [
             (
                 term_to_tuple(v.entity),
@@ -286,7 +266,7 @@ class KnowledgeTableStore:
                     (
                         uuid.uuid4(), m.metadata.user,
                         m.metadata.id, when,
-                        metadata, entities,
+                        [], entities,
                     )
                 )
 
@@ -301,16 +281,6 @@ class KnowledgeTableStore:
 
         when = int(time.time() * 1000)
 
-        if m.metadata.metadata:
-            metadata = [
-                (
-                    *term_to_tuple(v.s), *term_to_tuple(v.p), *term_to_tuple(v.o)
-                )
-                for v in m.metadata.metadata
-            ]
-        else:
-            metadata = []
-
         chunks = [
             (
                 v.chunk_id,
@@ -328,7 +298,7 @@ class KnowledgeTableStore:
                     (
                         uuid.uuid4(), m.metadata.user,
                         m.metadata.id, when,
-                        metadata, chunks,
+                        [], chunks,
                     )
                 )
 
@@ -423,18 +393,6 @@ class KnowledgeTableStore:
 
         for row in resp:
 
-            if row[2]:
-                metadata = [
-                    Triple(
-                        s = tuple_to_term(elt[0], elt[1]),
-                        p = tuple_to_term(elt[2], elt[3]),
-                        o = tuple_to_term(elt[4], elt[5]),
-                    )
-                    for elt in row[2]
-                ]
-            else:
-                metadata = []
-
             if row[3]:
                 triples = [
                     Triple(
@@ -453,7 +411,6 @@ class KnowledgeTableStore:
                         id = document_id,
                         user = user,
                         collection = "default",  # FIXME: What to put here?
-                        metadata = metadata,
                     ),
                     triples = triples
                 )
@@ -482,18 +439,6 @@ class KnowledgeTableStore:
 
         for row in resp:
 
-            if row[2]:
-                metadata = [
-                    Triple(
-                        s = tuple_to_term(elt[0], elt[1]),
-                        p = tuple_to_term(elt[2], elt[3]),
-                        o = tuple_to_term(elt[4], elt[5]),
-                    )
-                    for elt in row[2]
-                ]
-            else:
-                metadata = []
-
             if row[3]:
                 entities = [
                     EntityEmbeddings(
@@ -511,7 +456,6 @@ class KnowledgeTableStore:
                         id = document_id,
                         user = user,
                         collection = "default",   # FIXME: What to put here?
-                        metadata = metadata,
                     ),
                     entities = entities
                 )